Bruno Cartwright, WarePrivatisation has cost us too much.
Marina Wilson, PeterboroughBring back British Rail. What more to say?
Callum Godwin, ManchesterIt’s obvious. I don’t need to explain.
Jamie Thomas, DurhamPrivatisation has failed passengers. The taxpayer is still funding the railway. We should own it.
Ashley Woosnam, NorthamptonRe-nationalize BR as soon as possible. I’m sick of ever-increasing ticket prices, whilst services get worse, together with the attitude of station staff.
Jean Hopkins, ShetlandBritish Rail was established by the British taxpayer. To sell it off to rich friends and corporations was criminal.
Andy Brown, Leighton BuzzardPublic transport is a public service.
Gordon Craven, GosportA public service for the public.
Colin Gray, InvernessOur rail network is being sucked dry by the fat cats and their shareholders. Until the network is running at its full potential no dividends should be paid to anyone.
Richard Stone, CanterburyI would like to see is a railway system that is managed and run efficiently with good opportunities for commercial growth and employment. Bring back British Rail.
Ali Joy, LeedsPrivatisation has given us a disjointed service that only benefits shareholders. If anyone can make the railways pay, so can the government.
Michael Fleet, Bury St EdmundsNothing could be said apart from privatisation being a catalogue of disasters.
Hannah Holroyd, ColchesterToo expensive for such an unreliable service. The new increase is an absolute joke from out-of-touch people with no experience of the service.
Linda Martin, LondonBring back BR. It is only common sense.
Helen Taylor, BridgendYes, it definitely needs to be brought back.
Malcolm Gibbons, TelfordIf there is profit to be made then we need to feed that back into the country’s coffers.
Hattie Embleton, BrightonTrain fares are extortionate and it is putting people off using trains – instead we should make train travel affordable for everyone.
Howard Spencer, HoveBR wasn’t perfect, but it was affordable and, for the most part, worked well. The current system of private monopolies is only of benefit to railway company shareholders.
Jane Millward, LeedsEast Coast should be left as it is.
Fiona Kearns, WakefieldWe were told that privatisation would bring consumer choice and price competition. It hasn’t. It’s more expensive and grossly inefficient. Only large corporations benefit.
Cathrine Simmons, Great TorringtonThe railway system is a mess. It is hard to book tickets at sensible prices, our local trains are full, in bad condition and uncomfortable while rural areas are neglected.
Eliot Humphreys, WrexhamThere is no advantage for the public for the service to remain as profitable and as almost uselessly negligent as it actually is. Paying high for substandard everything.
Tony Copeland, BoroughbridgeIt makes eminent sense to have a national transport system run for the benefit of the country and not for private profit.
George Gilroy, King’s LynnPrivate profits have just left us with some of the worst infrastructure in Europe. It’s time they finished.
Rosemary Smith, Milton KeynesBritish Rail needs to be reinstated
Alexandra Gillett, BristolRailways should be a public service, not a private profit-generating business. They should work for us, not shareholders.
Helen Kara, UttoxeterLet’s make British Rail the great asset it could be for our country, rather than the current hotchpotch of incompetence.
Martin Mitchell, BradfordPrivatisation just means fat cats, whilst commuters suffer to get to work.
James Martin, GlasgowRe-nationalise the railways.